Definitions
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment. (b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death.
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The Chandlery
Candles, candle-making; photometry, and a couple of oily fish used as light sources.
Paschal candle, unity candle, Turmleuchter, Julleuchter, menora, candle warmer, candle tree, altar candle, stiffener, tealight, votive candle, prayer candle and 135 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (C)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
cacophony, cad, cajole, calamity, camomile, camphor, candlemas, candy apple, canopy, canticle, caparison, caravan and 304 more...
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Benandanti
All things Light
aureole, aura, aurora borealis, aglow, lucent, lambent, radiant, bright, burn, fire, solstice, brazier and 94 more...
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Cat Kisses Favorites
leprechaunic hair, a dinky grin, strangled giggle, a waft of words, comatose fun, a grisly shooting..., jim bag clothes, to quench and fuss, shutter hole, tearful sludge, dead-eye blue, coughing curtains... and 97 more...
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epopticamarie's list
li mortacci tua, hebei, foucault, adramelech, demon, corpse candle, kist o' whistles, marred, aesir, asgard, choice, sley and 12 more...
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Ignis Fatuus
The Earth's Anomalous Lightforms: 'The web is littered with folklore sites made by amateur researchers that contain lists of synonyms for the Will-o'-the-wisp. In most cases, citations and sources ...
ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp, billy-wi'-t'-wisp, bob-a-longs, canwll corfe, corpse-candle, elf-fire, ellylldan, fetch candles, fetch lights, foolish fire, friar rush with a... and 57 more...
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Glow On
Halos, arcs, and other glowy phenomena.
gegenschein, nightglow, dayglow, airglow, afterglow, icebow, moonbow, fogbow, rainbow, sundog, parhelion, anthelion and 35 more...
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bilby See also vivoleum. Mar 5, 2010
treeseed Corpse candle refers to the ghostly lights sometimes seen at night or twilight — often over bogs. It looks like a flickering candle, and is sometimes said to recede if approached. Much folklore surrounds the legend, but science has offered several potential explanations.
Also called will-o'-the-wisp Feb 23, 2008